Bible Dictionary: Miniature

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A picture or model greatly diminished size; reduced scale.

2. (v.) Originally, a painting in colors such as those in mediaeval manuscripts; in modern times, any very small painting, especially a portrait.

3. (v.) Lettering in red; rubric distinction.

4. (n.) A particular feature or trait.

5. (a.) Being on a small; much reduced from the reality; as, a miniature copy.

6. (v. t.) To represent or depict in a small compass, or on a small scale.

Library

Preface
... It is simply a homely attempt to let out a little of what has been sifting in these
years past of this wondrous miniature Bible from John's pen. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks on johns gospel/preface.htm

The Spokesman of God.
... simplicity and compactness. It is John's Gospel in miniature, even as John's
Gospel is the whole Bible story in miniature. You can ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks on johns gospel/the spokesman of god.htm

His Missionary Travels
... carried on with the wildest licentiousness. It was a picture in miniature
of Greece sunk in moral decay. Paphos was also the seat ...
/.../stalker/the life of st paul/chapter vi his missionary travels.htm

God and the Godly
... heavenly. The dewdrop with its little rainbow has a miniature of the great
arch that spans the earth and rises into the high heavens. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/god and the godly.htm

Introduction.
... If he came to reveal his Father in miniature, as it were (for in these unspeakable
things we can but use figures, and the homeliest may be the holiest), to ...
//christianbookshelf.org/macdonald/miracles of our lord/i introduction.htm

The Third Kingdom
... How He gathered about Him the first few subjects, and in the face of laughter and
blasphemy assumed the Sovereignty of the miniature State, framing a ...
/.../berkhof/new evangelism and other papers/the third kingdom.htm

The Ascension of Messiah to Glory
... Beheld through this medium, the miniature delineations of the law, which to the
eye of unassisted un-humbled reason, appear confused and insignificant; display ...
//christianbookshelf.org/newton/messiah vol 2/sermon xxvi the ascension of.htm

Grace Abounding
... Rev. CH SPURGEON,. At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. "I will love them
freely.""Hosea 14:4. THIS SENTENCE IS A BODY of divinity in miniature. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 9 1863/grace abounding.htm

Things Omitted from John's Gospel.
... The wonderful scene witnessed by the three disciples upon the holy mount, was not
an unveiling of His Divine glories, but a miniature representation, a ...
//christianbookshelf.org/pink/why four gospels/i things omitted from johns.htm

A Corps Commander
... oversight, and if he consulted his 'FO,' and commanded his corps according to its
advice and directions, he would surely build The Salvation Army in miniature. ...
/.../carpenter/the angel adjutant of twice born men/v a corps commander.htm

Thesaurus

Miniature (1 Occurrence)
... 4. (n.) A particular feature or trait. 5. (a.) Being on a small; much reduced
from the reality; as, a miniature copy. ...Miniature (1 Occurrence). ...
/m/miniature.htm - 7k

Mining

/m/mining.htm - 8k

Little (2458 Occurrences)
... ungenerous. 7. (n.) That which is little; a small quantity, amount, space,
or the like. 8. (n.) A small degree or scale; miniature. 9 ...
/l/little.htm - 8k

Wheel (20 Occurrences)
... translation (that of the Septuagint) is quite impossible; the Revised Version (British
and American) "whirling dust" (sucked up by a miniature whirlwind) is ...
/w/wheel.htm - 18k

Illuminate (1 Occurrence)
... 3. (vt) To adorn, as a book or page with borders, initial letters, or miniature
pictures in colors and gold, as was done in manuscripts of the Middle Ages. ...
/i/illuminate.htm - 7k

Images (158 Occurrences)
... While the temple is not naturally thought of as an "image," it was as truly so as
any Bethel. An idol was the temple in miniature-a dwelling-place of the god. ...
/i/images.htm - 70k

Tablet (7 Occurrences)
... inscription or a picture. 3. (n.) Hence, a small picture; a miniature. 4.
(n.) A kind of pocket memorandum book. 5. (n.) A flattish ...
/t/tablet.htm - 15k

Employ (6 Occurrences)
... Acts 19:24 There was a certain Demetrius, a silversmith, who made miniature silver
sanctuaries of Diana, a business which brought great gain to the mechanics ...
/e/employ.htm - 9k

Model (9 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A miniature representation of a thing, with the
several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size. ...
/m/model.htm - 10k

Mechanics (2 Occurrences)
... Acts 19:24 There was a certain Demetrius, a silversmith, who made miniature silver
sanctuaries of Diana, a business which brought great gain to the mechanics ...
/m/mechanics.htm - 7k

Bible Concordance

Miniature (1 Occurrence)

Acts 19:24 There was a certain Demetrius, a silversmith, who made miniature silver sanctuaries of Diana, a business which brought great gain to the mechanics in his employ.
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Subtopics

Miniature

Related Terms

Mining

Little (2458 Occurrences)

Wheel (20 Occurrences)

Illuminate (1 Occurrence)

Images (158 Occurrences)

Tablet (7 Occurrences)

Employ (6 Occurrences)

Model (9 Occurrences)

Mechanics (2 Occurrences)